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BEREA, OHEO, A CORPRATION OF OHIO.

.AGRCULTURAL-MPLEMENT WHEEL.

Application filed September 9, 1926.

Be it known that l,

Josnrn F. WAGNER,

a citizen of the United States, residing at erea, in the c ounty of Cuyahoga and State 5 of Ohio, have invented certain new and usetul ment Wheels, specilica-tion.

Improvements in Agricultural-imple ot which the'iollowing is a My invention relates to improvements in agricultural implement wheels, and more particularly to wheels which sheet metal thru metal forming that class or type of metallic are adapted to be formed of the medium of suitable and welding machines, and as contra-distinguished from the ordinary agricultural cast-iron with agricultu More specifically wheels used in connection implements ot this class. speaking, the invention ral relates to improvements in implement wheels commonly kno discs, arrange ed on an axle for the soil, each or" said wheels or discs embodyas pulverizer wheels oi' d in gangs and loosely mountu pulverizing and inulching ing a suitable wheel body having a rim portion comprising treads converging exterior concave iaces or outwardly and meetingin a soil cutting or dividing edge.

The primary ob]ect of the invention is to provide a generally improved metallic implement wheel exceedingly si of this class which will be mple in construction, cheap of manufacture, and efficient in use.

A further and very important obJect is the provision oit an improved wheel not only designed and adapted for production in modern metal bending or forming machines, but

one also in wh and disposed relatively ich the parts are so arranged to each other that the same may be readily assembled and welded thru modern welding processes.

A still :tui-ther a metallic wheel forming the wheel object is the provision of' made up ot spaced discs sides and having concavoconvex shaped rims adapted to abut against each other and to be welded forming a hollow wheel suitably connected and welded at its tread portions, as well as one great strength possessing and not liable to become broken lile the ordinary cast wheel.

With the above mentioned and other ends in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, a

rrangement, and combination Serial No. 409,137.

of parts, illustrated in some of its embodiments in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, forming a part ot this specication, Figure l is a side elevation of a metal implement wheel constructed in accordance with this invention.

F ig. 2, a central sectional View of one of the wheel guide forming discs properly formed up and flanged preparatory to being assembled and welded to form the complete wheel.

F ig. 3, a similar view oi the opposite or companion wheel forming disc.

Fig. a, a sectional view of the complete wheel.

F ig. 5, a View of a modified form of wheel, and illustrating in particular a modified form of disc connecting rim.

F ig. 6, a similar sectional view ther n'ioditied form of wheel.

Similar numerals ot reference designate like parts thruout all the figures of the drawings.

The improved wheel comprises suitably spaced discs, l, blanked and formed out oi' suitable sheet metal or material and connected by means of a substantially V-shaped disc connecting rim or tread portion. The disc connecting rim or tread is preferably made up of concave exterior tread faces, la, converging outwardly and meeting'in a soil 85 penetrating or dividing edge, 1b, at the median or longitudinal plane of the wheel as a whole.

As a convenient means ot forming the hollow whee, the discs, l, are provided with oiiset rim portions adapted to abut against each other when assembled as shown in Fig.

4t 0i' the drawings, and when so assembled forming a convenient connecting point adapted to receive a line oi' welding, l, prel- 95 erably in the torin of an additional deposit of material as indicated in Fig. 4, of the drawings.

...fis a means of providing suitable bearings in the sides of the wheel body, the discs, l, are preferably provided with inwardly extending centrally located bearing iianges,

ld, which may be struck out and formed up in the well known manner, said bearing of a fui'- flanges being admirably adapted to be loosely mounted on a bearing shatt, 2, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. l ot' the drawings, and said dra't, 2, forming the axle of the implement to support a gang 0i' such wheels in the well known and understood manner.

It desired, the rim portions et the discs may be spaced slightly apart and a supplemental disc connecting rim, le, be provided, said rim forming a continuation of the tread faces, la, and providing a suitable medium for connecting the edges ot the tread faces or rims of the discs. For such purpose, the supplemental rim, le, is preferably provided with shoulders, 1f, corresponding in width or depth to vthe thickness of the adjacent edges of the discs, and provided with a spacing member, 1g, the joint formed by the shoulders 1 and the adjacent edges ot the tread forming rims of the discs being admirably adapted to receive a line ot welding.

lnthe liorm shown in Fig. 6, the discs, 1, are spaced apart and connected to each other by means yoi1 a supplemental rim, 1h, of substantially V-shape in cross section and provided at its sides with inset shoulders, 1i, to receive and contain the adjacent edges ot the discs and form a suitable joint for weldinet.

Having thus described some ot the embodiments ot my invention, without having attempted to set `forth all the terms in which it may be made, or all the modes ot its use, what I` claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,-

1. An agricultural wheel, comprisingspaced parallel extending wheel body discs, and a tapered rim Welded to said discs terminating in a median edge.

2. An agricultural wheel, comprising laterally spaced wheel body discs ot sheet metal, and an outwardly tapered rim connected to said discs and terminating in a median edge.

3. A metal wheel, comprising spaced disc shaped sheet metal wheel sides having concavo-convex shaped marginal portions conjointly forming a substantially il-shaped rim.

4. A metal wheel, comprising spaced disc shaped wheel sides having concavo-convei; shaped welded treads terminating in a central soil penetrating edge. i

5. In a hollow agricultural implement wheel, a sheet metal disc having a relatively lat side adapted to form the side ot the wheel body, said side having a central bearing opening Jformed by an upwardly bent struck out bearing il nge.

6. A hollow agricultural wheel, comprising spaced sheet metal discs 'forming the sides ot the wheel body and 'terminating in outwardly forming a tapered soil cutting edge at the median longitudinal plane ot said wheel.

converging welded rim portions 7. A metal wheel, comprising spaced disc shaped sheet metal wheel sides having concavo-convex shaped rims welded thereto and conjointly forming a hollow wheel having a t-shaped rim.

8. A hollow agricultural wheel, comprising laterally spaced parallel extending sheet metal discs forming the sides of the wheel body and provided with central bearing openings, said discs terminating in an outwardly converging welded rim forming a relatively sharp soil cutting edge at the longitudinal center ot said wheel.

9. An agricultural implement wheel comprising spaced discs provided with central bearing openings, and a substantially V- shaped disc connecting rim having concave tread faces converging outwardlyv and tenJ minating in a isoil penetrating edge, said rim being connected at either side to said discs by welding.

l0. An agricultural implement wheel, comprising spaced metallic discs provided with central bearing openings, and a disc connecting rim having annular recesses receiving the edges, and concave tread faces converging outwardly and terminating in a soil penetrating edge, said annular recesses ot said rim being connected to said discs by welding.

11. An implement metal discs forming wheel, comprising sheet the sides of the wheel body and provided with inwardly flanged central bearing openings, and a dise connecting rim provided with shouldered annular recesses receiving the edges of said discs and welded thereto.

12. A hollow agricultural implement wheel, comprising spaced discs forming the sides ot the wheel body and having struck out inwardly extending bearing flanges at their center, and a disc connecting rim welded to said discs and having concave exterior tread faces outwardly converging and meeting in a soil penetrating edge at the longitudinal center of said wheel.

13. A hollow agricultural wheel, comprising spaced sheet-metal discs forming the sides of the wheel body and provided with inwardly extending centrally located bearing flanges, and a substantially V-shaped disc connecting rim welded to said discs and having concave exterior tread faces converging outwardly and meeting in a soil penetrating edge in the longitudinal median plane 01' said wheel.

la. A. hollow agricultural wheel, comprising sheet-metal discs forming the wheel body and provided with inwardly struck out centralljr located bearing flanges, and a V- shaped disc connecting welded rim having concave exterior tread faces converging outwardly and meeting in a soil penetrating edge at the longitudinal median plane oii said wheel.

15. A hollow agricultural implement Wheel, comprising spaced dises forming the sides of the Wheel hed;7 and provided with central bearing openings, and a supplemental disc connecting rim provided With shouldered lecesses receiving the edges of said discs and Welded thereto, said supplemental dise connecting rim having outward- 1y converging sides terminating 1n a soil penetrating edge at the median longituc'linal 10 signature.

JSEPH F. WAGNER. 

